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♪ Caminare e cant are by bill ruha ♪

Hi.

Did you ask to speak with the owner?

Uh, yeah.

Is there something wrong with the food?

No, it's great looking... Uh..Great eating, the food.

The food is good.

I just have a few questions about donatello's.

The foare you a food critic?

No.

I write a blog about being single, and 30

and unemployed, and miserable.

I don't allow 'miserable'in my place.

I'm Joey.

Caitlyn.

You know, life can surprise you.

I always thoughtl'd be a journalist

or a stand up comedian

or the patron saint of unmarried female bloggers.

[Guests laughs]

But I never thought I that iwould ever be Italian...

or so happy.

[Guests applauds]

Forever.

Forever.

[Clink]

[Crowd murmurs]Here, here.

[Guests applaud]

"♪ Signed sealed delivered, I'm yours" by Stevie wonder ♪

♪

Ah, ooo. Thank you.

As miss color a do special delivery,

it has been my honor to inaugurate

numerous automated stamp dispensers

throughout themetro Denver area.

But no ceremony seems quite as aus...

Auspicious.

Boding well for the future.

Right, quiteious. As auspicious

as today's dedication of the south Logan street

autostamp machine!

And the crowd goes wild!

Ahh!

[Applauding lightly]

Ahh![Shane]whooo!

It is fre-ezing out.

Am I mistaken or is it

your birthday today?

You are mistaken.

It's next Monday.

So, there's still time to shop.

Oh, good.

And fyi, I've already got a giant pair

of golden scissors.

Oh, these are for Rita'sribbon... cutting.

Oliver wrote me a beautiful speech...

I think.

You're going through with it?

It's going down to eight degrees on Wednesday.

You'll freeze your a...

Crown off.

[Laughter]

No rain nor wind nor snow,

no dark of night, ms. Mcinerney, hmm?

When will this winter end?

It just goes on and on and on...

Yes, but just wait.

You haven't yet experienced your first

Colorado spring.

Trust me, once you've seen the cherry blossomsirst

bloom in April along the potomac river,

nothing else compares.

Unless it's springtime in the rockies.

Ohh, I love that song!

What song?

[Oliver sings]When it's springtime

in therockies,

I'll be coming home to you.

Little sweetheart of the mountains,

with your bonnieeyes so blue...

[Clears throat]

Or something like that.

Hmm, well, Oliver O'Toole, the singing postal detective.

What's this?

Oh, uh, seems to be secondary transfer

of organic materialvia footwear.

Oh, uh, seems to be secondary tr[Sniff]

Oh, yeah, I guess somebody stepped in some...

Thank you, Norman.

[Clears throat]

Postmarked two years ago, Caitlyn-something.

The address is virtuallyunreadable.

[Tear!]

The address is virtuallyooo, divorce papers.

Ms. Mcinerney!

You have a distressinghabit of opening packages

without my express permission.

You have a distressinghathis cannot continue. S

the address was hopeless.

Your promise, please...

Fine. I promise.

[Buzz!]

Incoming!

Heads up down there!

That guy from international misdirects

is so aggressive.

I got this.

Ohh...

Oh, seems to be something caught in the corner.

A coin, I believe.

A ring, oh.

Joey, you two have been together... What?

Six, seven years?

Count to ten before you mail that.

Once it's out there, you can't take it back.

[Shane] Ouch.

That guy really must have wanted to get divorced.

I mean, once you take the ring off the finger

there's really no hope...

What are those?

Little curlicues?

No, those are intertwined initials.

See, there's a "j" and... A "c."

No, t"c" for Caitlyn inter twin and "j" for...?

Ooh, I've seen rings like this before!

There's a whole street ofboutiques in larimer square

and they make customjewellery

right in theirstudios.

Well, the inscription, I'm assuming,

is their wedding day, it's nine years ago.

There's a partial date here.

These divorce papers were drawn up two years ago.

There's a partial whatever it was,

they're divorced now, so, what's the rush.

Ours is not a question of 'why', Ms. Mcinerney.

"The seeds of duty know not the flower

nor itsblooming day."

Who wrote that?

Well... it's a line from a verse

I composed in who wrote thhigh school...

Um... about mail delivery, actually.

The singing detectivephilosopher poet.

Where does it all end?

Norman!

Oh no.

What? An!

[Sigh]Oh no.

Maybe it rolled away

when we emptied the bin.

Considering the condition of the envelope,

it's a miracle it didn't fall out a long...

No! No! No! No! No...

[door slams shut]

Be honest, Oliver, you think we're gonna die in here.

And you're writing[Dyour will, aren't you?

Be honest, Oliver, you think we're uh, no. E in here.

Times such as this

provide one with a certain clarity.

Well, the ring is here somewhere.

As soon as we find it, we can locate the jeweller.

[Shane] I did not open it.

Honestly, I'm just sorry that I ever looked

at Holly's address in the first place because...

Because...

Because until that moment

when I saw her name and her street number,

she was just a concept:

The mysterious absent wife in Paris.

Now, there's a real envelope in your pocket

that could be delivered to a real person.

It's funny, remember the day we first met? T

I had a letter I was afraid to open.

And now you have a letter

that you're afraid to mail.

I am not afraid to... mail this letter.

That you're afraidt[Thunder rumbling]

♪

A craftsman who values his work

will certainly keep records...

Don't you think, ms. Mcinerney?

Ms. Mcinerney?

[Door squeeks]

Hmm...

[♪]

[♪]

[Beeping]

What a great idea, Norman.

Hmm?

What a great oh. Ea, Norman.

Oh, I took this to the park once

and found all typest a great of cool stuff... Ea, Norman.

Like... a spoon... And a... a knife.

Oh, would have been nice to find a fork.

Maybe when the snow melts we could

take it to the park

and you could show me how it works.

Oh, well, um..

[High pitched beep]

[High pitched beeping]

Ah!

[Ta-da! Pitched beeping]

Great!

Nicely done, ta-da! Pitched be nor man!

Here's a list of jewellery shops.

Thank you Rita.

In the absence of Ms. Mcinerney,

would you care to accompany me?

Oh, sure, yeah. I'll just get my coat.

[Yelp!]

Shh!

Rita?

Oh, umm, I... just remembered...

I have to umm...

Oh, umm, I... sing?...Ust remembered...

[Whispers]Speak?

Oh, practice!

Practice my speech!

I have to practice my speech. Tice!

Maybe you could take Norman?

Oh, alright.

Norman, would you like to look at wedding rings?

Yes, this is one of ours.

Oh, excellent!

Whew!

Just in time.

You're the last one on the block.

Were you hoping to have it resized?

Oh, no, I'malready... Uh

she and I...

Uh... it's a long story?

Love is a mystery.

Clearly.

But, in the meantime,

we'd like to locate the owner of this ring.

We're hoping you keep records of your clients.

Out of the questions, our records are confidential.

Did we mention the part about

out being an elitens, ourrecotask force withntial.

Wide powers of postal discretion?

Like the avengers... The incredibles.

Well, we're the postables.

Did we mention that part?

Twice.

Just leave it with us

and we'll see that it's returned.

I'm sorry, this is now a matter

for the us postal service.

You will just have to trust us.

You're going to have to do better than that.

[Squeak]

[Shane] Because I really need an

extra-large Americano

with a double shot of Espresso

and a side of steamedlow-fat milk

with two pumps of amaretto right now.

Okay?

Rita, can you keep a secret?

Probably not.

I'll try, but stuff comes out.

You're gonna have to stretch yourself.

I'll try, but stuff come on. Es out.

Okay.

I found this in international misdirects

this morning.

It looks a lot like a letter

that Oliver mailed to Holly

a few months ago.

Oh, wow.

If it's whati think it is,

it never arrived in Paris. Oh, wow.

So, he probably thinks she never bothered

to answer him.

And Holly probably thinks that Oliver

never bothered to find her.

Oh, wow.

That's assuming it is his letter.

But we can't be absolutely sure unless...

Unless you open it.

Which you promised you would never do...

Which is why you gave it to me...

Which you promised you oh, I can't.Do...

He'll kill me.

He won't which you promised kill you. Ou oh, I can't.Do...

You're miss special delivery, e'll kill me.

You're the holy grail of first class mail,

you're dying to open it...

Too?

You're dying to open it...[Sigh]

[Paper tears]

Oh, geez, it's really a mess.

Okay, let me see.

It looks like "dear"...

"Dear" someone.

Oh, "so much time has passed..."

[Oliver] And there is so much to say

and perhaps little time left to say it.

[Oliver] A I currently find myselfay

in a position where my life may be at risk.

"There was never a better...

Example of that than my life the night we met."Sk.

Oh...

How did they meet?

In a snowstorm, on a mountain pass.

Holly's car went off the road

and Oliver dug her out of the snowdrift,

right before Holly's car rolled off

the side of the cliff.

Then they spent the night in his Jaguar

waiting for thesnowploughs

the to get through he niand rescue them. R

[scoffs]You gotta be kidding me.

He's practically a hero.

He kept her from freezing.

Well, I bet he did.

Well, she said he was a perfect gentleman.

So, is it his?

Okay... "I supposee said he was I should notrfect gentleman.

Have been surprised..."

Okay... "I s[Oliver]aid he was I I have a feeling that man."

From the day we met, you began leaving me.

What I knew of the world

could never compete with your dreams

of discovering it for yourself,

of travelling the uncharted course,

of living the bohemian life of artist and poet.

[Shane] "If you have left me"

behind forever, ohemian I will accept that. D poet.

But if you regret your decision

and simply do not know how

to find your way home, then come back.

I am here willing to try again,

to see your dreams through your eyes.

Until I hear from you, iremain faithfully...

Oliver.

Wow, it definitely is his.

He wanted her back.

[Keyboard typing]

[Click]

Well, she's still living in Paris.

The address label is printing out now.

Are you sure you still want to mail this? Aris.

I'm not mailing it... It's up to Oliver.

Arbut I'm sure he doesn't want want to waste any more time...

Wow.

Arbut I'm sure he doesn't want want to wawow. Ny more time...

What?

Arwell, it seemse doesn't want that Holly has a... Re time...

Ms. Mcinerney?

How did it go?

It didn't go.

We went to four different jewellers,

finally found the right one,

and then... he didn't like us.

Finally found the right one, impossible.

Everyone likes you.

Well, they should, anyways.

Ms. Mcinerney, perhaps your computer

might be of some service.

Oh, yes, sure.

Uh, let me see,

[click]

Let me see the inscription

on the ring again.

[Typing]

Okay, I have an idea,

with so little data,

it could take a day or two

but I can program a search

for weddings recorded on the day inscribed here

screening for the parameters Caitlyn

and the husband's initial j...

Screening for the[Rita gasps]eters Caitlyn

- no! - Norman!

[Whoosh!]

- No! - Uh-ohn!

What's going on?

Nothing!

Norman just put a regular airmail

envelope into the overnight express tube.

Norman juoh, that's a small put a regular airmmistake.

Some fortunate person will simply receive their letter

tomorrow instead of next week.

I supposed worse things will shave happened, hmm. Letter

right.

[Nervous laughing]Oh, worse things.

Yup, much worse.

[Nervous laughing] ♪ upbeat song in French ♪

♪

♪

[Ramon]Ladies and gentlemen,

it is my very personal honor

to introduce the first lady

of the united states postal service

in the great state of Colorado...

The beautiful, talented, the postal!

Miss Rita haywith.

[Crowd applauds]

Good morning and thank you werry,

[deep exhale]

Fery... oh, I'm sorry, I think my lips just froze...

Allow me.

Oh.

Why, thank you Ramon.

As miss color a do special delivery,

it has been an honor to inaugurate

as miss color a do numerous automated...

It has been an honor to inau[Giggles]

Oh, thank you.

It has whenever our paths cross to iwith Mr. Rodriguez,

he seems intent to make an impression upon on our Rita.

He's very popular these days.

He's the kbc's new weatherman, now,

and I heard he may get his own talk show.

Oh, talk show?

But who knows what he's even talking about?

Truly, there is still room for we, the American...

[Shivers]

This is ridiculous!

I'd give anything to bein Miami right now.

Yesterday, you wanted to be in Washington

anywhere but here.

Washington, Miami... Paris.

There's alwaysapril in Paris.

And Autumn in New York

and, well, you could move to a remote island

in the pacific

and avoid the cold altogether, Ms. Mcinerney.

I believe a hard winter like this

teaches us to find signs of hope

in the smallest of things.

You see a Robin on the window sill,

a crocus peeking out of the snow,

and you never take spring for granted again.

When I was little

we had one of those old fashioned porch swings

I used to swing on it for hours all summer long.

But in November,

before the first snow,

we'd take it down and put it in the garage. Ber,

and then a few months later

we'd I'd be walking ho met it in from school. Ber,

and there it wouldfbe again. Later

and I always knew

when the swing was back on the porch,

spring was almost here.

Well, it's almost as good as the Robin,

I suppose.

Well, it's al[Rita]good as... United states

postal service.

Thank you.

[Crowd applauds]

You wrote a very lovely speech, Oliver.

Thank you.

You wrote a very oh, okay. Lovely speech, Oliver.

[Rita giggles]

Oliver, there's something

I should have told you about.

Well, it can't Oliver, be that bad. There's something

it's only Wednesday,

you usually save the bad things for a Friday.

[Nervous laugh]

No, this is bad.

My bad.

The letter you wrote to Holly,

and mailed at the hospital last summer,

the letter you win the rain. Y,

it... came back.

It was quite damaged, you say?

Yes.

Land someone damagopened it? Y?

I didn't.

I'm just the one who mailed it, accidentally.

I read it.

Some of it...

To confirm whose it was.

You promised me

you would to confirm whose in ever again

read the contents of a lettered me

without receiving my approval.

Well, technically, I opened it.

But I made her do it.

We're sorry, Oliver.

We just care about you,

that's all.

Don't we?

I do.

I care about Don'all kinds of things.

My wife is receiving this letter today

that I wrote months ago,

and it's too late to do anything about it.

Umm, t I wrote there's more? Ago,

Ms. Mcinerney,

I don't believe I can take

any more right now.

Please excuse me.

Perhaps you should turn your attention

to that computer program you so strongly believe...

That you believe in so...

In which you so strongly believe.

[Beep, beep!]

[Car engine starts]

[Oliver] Don't be frightened.

We'll get through this.

[Oliver] The secret is to stay awake.

[Wind howling]

Maybe if we keep talking, that will help, hmm?

First things first.

I'm Oliver O'Toole.

I work with the dead letter office

for the United States postal service.

Getting any warmer?

[She murmers]

Gettil'm sorry? Mer?

I think we're going... to die in here.

No, no.

I would not let that happen.

[Knocking!]

Oliver, the program kicked out a name.

The divorce papers were mailed

olto a caitlynogram kicastelluci.Name.

She runs a restaurant on south Broadway.

♪ Taste the wine... ♪

You haven't said a word in twenty minutes.

Are you going to forgive me?

You haven't said a word in twenty minutes two?

Oh, no, we're looking for a Caitlyn castelluci.

You haven't said a word in twenty she's not here.

Can I help you?

I'm Oliver O'Toole, from the us postal service.

We have a delivery for her.

I'm her husband.

I can take it...

I'm sorry,

did you just say, you're her husband?

Yeah.

Did you just where did you're her hyou get that?

It was mailed two years ago.

It got lost... I know.

Listen, she has no idea these ever existed.

Please... don't deliver that to her.

You mailed this two years ago, to your wife?

Yes. No. Not exactly.

I never told her about it.

Listen, if she never gets it,

what's the difference?

And technically, it's still mine, right?

Actually, it's now the property of the post office.

I can see its delivery

may cause some distress,

but my hands are tied here.

May cause I wish there were... S,

a way of making ds this easier on you... E.

When will your wife coming back?

Tomorrow.

She's driving back from California.

From a wine auction. Rrow.

She'll be here at six.

Perhaps if we come back after that,

you'd have a little time to prepare.

Yeah.

You are a lot of things, Oliver O'Toole.

Opinionated, aperfectionist,

basically a human antique.

But I never figured you for a hypocrite.

I beg your pardon?

You stood right there

and refused to let that man decide what to do

with those ood old divorce papers.

But less than an hour ago

you wanted the same chance to decide what to do

with your letter to Holly.

My letter should have been processed and mailed,

and treated the same as any other dead letter.

Oh, right...

My quarrel with you is that you broke your promise to me.

You opened that envelope

on the pretext of locatingan I.D. when, in fact,

it was to, once again, satisfy your curiosity.

That is not fair.

I was just trying...

Ms. Mcinerney, you obviously do not share

my commitment to putting your heart and soul

into doing your job well.

Into doing the one thing right in my life that...

Oh, huh.

[Mouthing words]

I was thinking about that

metal detector idea that you had.

Feel this, it's cashmere.

Ah, um... Cashmere blend.

Actually pretty cheap.

Rayon and... a little bit of polyester.

Still, Ramon does have excellent taste,

don't you think.

Still, rai don't think about have excelleramon very much.

Hmm.

[Machinery noise]

You said earlier today

[that there was more ineeded to know. Noise]

When I was checkingholly's address,

her name showed up in a video on YouTube.

On what?

YouTube, it's uh... Never mind.

It's a video of a bunch of French people

in a bookstore reading poetry, I think.

Look.

Mesdames et messieurs.

UN poeme par ma incroyable copine, Holly O'Toole.

Mesdames "la nuit de neiges"

UN poeme par ma incroyable c [speaking French]le.

The whole thing is "la in French. Iges"

[she always wanted a incroyableto learn French. French]Le.

Do you speak French?

No.

Well, Rita called someone she knows.

Yeah, he said we could drop by his office tomorrow.

Is it a professor offrench literature?

[Angrily]No.

[Ramon]And, over here

we have northern Colorado,

very cold, too cold for me,

too cold for you.

He's pointing to Idaho.

Thank you, Ramon.

Any chance we'llinting get enough powder ho.

To hit the slopesthis weekend?

Any chance we'llinti[Chuckles]get enough powder ho oh, no, no.

But probably, yes.

Well, that's it for thekbc afternoon update.

In the kitchen with merry lynne is up next.

[Director] And, we're out!

[Bell rings]Thank you, everybody.

[Director[Ramon] and, we're miss Rita

and her little friends. Such a pleasure.

When I said I was at your service, miss Rita,

I meant it with all my heart.

But my heart could never imagine

that you would need my services so soon.

Oh, well,

I never thought I'd need to be serviced so soon.

Ovilear!

Ramon.

Always such a pleasure.

Have you and the lovely Shane

continued your dancing together?

Well...

You were my best students.

It's such a natural rhythm well...

[Boisterous laughs]

Between you two.

You can't teach that, you know.

Between you two.Hmm.

I understand you speak French.

I speak all the romance languages.

Really?

Yes.

Latin?

Of course.

Portuguese?

I breathe it.

Portuguese? Romanian.

My mother tongue.

Norman...

It's clear that my motramon is multilingual.

Shall we proceed.

Um, yes, here is the poem.

It's a little hard to hear, so... Hall we proceed.

Ah, oohh...

[Ramon stops abruptly]

Uh...

Mhmm.

Hmm.

[Gasps]

Well... it's nota very good poem.

The frenchis poor,

the imagery is cliché,

and quite frankly it doesn't even rhyme.

But!

It has passion.

And what is a poem?

It is great passion pushed into little tiny words!

Could you tell us what it says?

It is great passion pushed of course. Le tiny words!

It is called

it is great passion pushed of cou "the night of snow"

"you found me one night ona mountain in the dark,

in the snow, the snow that only got deeper,

and deeper, and deeper,

and deeper..."

It's deep, we get it.

"Death, whispered to me in the wind

'come away, it's deep, come away.'We get it.

"But from a place stronger than death,

in winter's very embrace, there you were,

searching for me, calling for me...

You saved my life in a world of snow,

but what shall I do with my life now?

Now that I can see the sun.

But what shall I do with[Deep inhale]

Like I said, it's trash.

Garbage.

Like I said, but passionate garbage.

Now, if you want to hear some great poetry,

miss haywith,

now would you accompanyarsme this Saturday,

to a little soiree of close friends at my old dance studio?

Oh, that sounds fun.

To a little soiree it's osefriends at my old samba night.?

Oh, we're going for coffee at the mailbox grille,

wanna come?

Are you alright?

Uhh... the poem is about me.

♪ Spring will be a little late this year by Ella Fitzgerald ♪

♪ spring will be, a little late this year, ♪

♪ a little late arriving,

♪ in my lonely world over here. ♪

♪ ♪ For you have left me, ♪

♪ and where is our April love ♪

♪ ♪ you have left me, ♪e, ♪

♪ and winter continues cold, ♪

♪ as if to say, spring will be a little slow to start, ♪

♪ a little slow reviving, ♪

♪ that music it made in my heart ♪

♪ yes, time heals all things. ♪

[Rita]So, how do you know,

like really know, whens all it's going to rain. ♪

It's something one just feels

well, somebody's got to get back to the dlo.

Okay.

[Whispers]Oliver, we need to talk.

"Death whispered to me in the wind."

[Whispers]Olwhat does that mean? K.

Okay, you guys have five minutes to be weird

[whiand then it's olwhat does back to work.

[Clears throat]

Rita, I know it's been a big week,

dedicating the stamp dispenser,

visiting the weatherman,

but we can't fall behind...

Oh, yes, of course.

It's just, can ramonfinish his story

about when he was a cliff diver in cozumel?

You used to be a cliff diver?

Oh, yes.

Oh, well, that's ...Scary.

Once we face the things that we fear,

they no longer have power over us.

No?

No.

Yes. No?

That's quite profound, actually.

Yrita, no?

Five minutes.

Oh, okay.

[Music begins playing]

♪ 'Baby, you've got what it takes' by brook Benton

and dinah Washington ♪

Miss Rita

me?

♪ And it takes two lips miss rifor fire ♪

♪ to melt away the snow. ♪

♪ Well, it takes two hearts a-cooking ♪

♪ to make a fire grow ♪

♪ and baby, you've got what it takes. ♪

Norman, you are in danger of standing by,

letting Rita be swept off her feet.

What can I do? I can't compete with that?

Do you realize this is the first time

you've ever admitted your feelings for Rita?

I told my grandmother, sort of.

She told me to tell her,

I told my gbut I didn't sort know how.

And now, she's over there, getting swept.

It is hard to ignore a confident man

with a broom.

Hmm.

With a broom. What do I do?

Well, you get a better broom.

With a broom.Hmm.T do I do?

That's a metaphor, right?

Yes, it is.

You know when I was a foster kid,

no one ever called me by my real name.

Just nicknames like

stormy Norman, bore-man,

kid in bed number five.

I didn't tell them what my middle name was,

you can imagine what they'd do with Xavier.

[Light chuckle]

That day wheni met Rita

and she asked me my name,

it just all came out at once.

It was the first timel'd ever told anyone

my real name, cause...

Cause I just felt safe with her.

I believe you are.

Hmm?

I'm not in her league.

Norman, love can only survive on swagger

and charisma for so long.

Rita needs a man of true substance.

She's holding out for a hero, Norman.

That hero could be you.

♪ ...and baby, you've got what it takes ♪

[Chair creaks]

Hi. I'm Holly.

Would you like a yoo-hoo?

Umm, no? Thanks?

I usually leave those for oli... Mr. O'Toole.

I'm his wife, you know.

Uh-huh.

We all thought you were in Paris.

Aww.

Hey, do Norman and ritastill work here?

Yes, yes, they do.

And what do you do?

Umm... tech support.

Well, good, olivercan use some help

in that department.

I mean, he really is very smart

but he never quite got the hang of the Internet.

Well, he's definitely ofeallyanother time. Ery smart

yeah, he's always got a story

well, he's or a quote forallyanotheevery occasion. T

he would have been so fun at parties,

if he would go, which he won't,

hbecause that'seenjust not who he is.

Well, I'm sort of would new around here... He won't,

lemme give you aeenjutip, okay. He is.

If he goes to a restaurant

and he orders clams and red wine,

he's very, to very angry. Nt

it's hard to imaginemr. O'Toole

ever being angry enough to... Eat clams.

[Cheerfully laughing]

Really?

I guess I just have that effect on him, huh?

[Nervous laughter]

I guwant to know the that funniest thing about him,

that man[Nervcan kiss. Ter]

I mean that was the problem, right.

He'd kiss me and I'd forget every

promise I ever made to myself?

So...

[Slow exhale]So?

So, I just stopped kissing him and it worked.

I went to Paris.

Now you're back!

I went tyeah.Is.

Wow.

Wow.

I mean, when you geta letter like this,

what else are you going to do?

The things he said in this letter

made me realize that...

[Softly]Hi.

[Softly]Hi.

[Akwardly]Hi!

Well, Mr. O'Toole,

I still have some work to do on those divor...

Those papers formr. Castelluci, so...

Thank you, Ms. Mcinerney.

I always thought I'd know what I was going to say.

I read your poem.

Which one?

How many have you written?

I have a whole book of them coming out this fall.

Really?

Well done.

You always said you wanted to be a poet.

I've always been a poet. I just didn't know it.

[Chuckles]

I've always been a poet.[Holly chuckles]now it.

Did you mean to do that?

What?

You just said"know it" and "poet"

[Holly chuckles]

I'm so sorry, I'm not following.

[Whispering]They're just standing

there, talking.

[Whispering]How close are they standing?

What are you guys doing?

[Shane gasps]Shhh...

Well, I helped myself to a yoo-hoo,

some things never change, right.

Oh, well, I don't know.

You're here.

And if you're here,

that means you must haveyread what I wrote

about being willing to change...

You know, I want to talk.

I do, but it was a long flight

and I need to sleep.

Oh, of course.

Uhh, where would you like to do that?

I got a room at the brown palace.

Ah, you always said

you wanted to got a room at stay there someday. Own palace.

Don't look so sad.

Olly, it's going to be okay.

I wrote a poem about that too.

Oh.

Idrinks, poem in the lobby, o.

Tonight, ten o'clock?

Yes.

Okay.

[Whispering]She's coming!

- Oh! - Oh!

[Whispering]

- Oh! - Oh!

Ah, there you arems. Mcinerney.

I'm thinking perhaps it's time to deliver

our letter to Ms. Castelluci.

Well, it's a little early isn't it?

It is a restaurant.

We could have an early dinner.

I'm having a rare cravingfor sardinian clamst.

And a nice glass of anunassuming brunello.

♪

Oliver, are we going to talk about this?

I'm sorry?

It just seems a little odd that your missing wife

finally came back from Paris

and you're having dinner with me.

Well, I thought I could kill two birds with

and you're having dinner with me one stone.

Return the letter tocaitlyn and...

Get some emergency clams?

Holly told me about the clam thing.

Ah.

And, what else did she say?

Oh, she did mention you can change her mind with a...

Oliver, this has been a else terrible shock. She say?

If you have to leave,

I can handle caitlynand the letter.

To be honest, Ms. Mcinerney,

I can't imagine doing anything else right now.

This is what we do best.

We deliver.

We are good at this, aren't we?

Slow night.

Well, the food ismarvellous.

I imagine this is quiteslthe popular place.

Well, we have our good years and our bad years.

I imagine this is quite just like a marriage.Ace.

I understand that.

We were so crazy about each other.

We had that kind of thing where you tell yourself

"this is not the kind of girl I ever thought I'd marry"

but then you do.

For the first few years, things were so great.

Then the recession hit us hard.

We almost lost this place.

Catie always found something to cheer us up,

make me laugh.

I've actually seen a giant misquito

take away my brother...

Didn't keep him for long...

Just dropped him off in Topeka

thank you guys so much, you guys have been...

[Crowd applauds]

We had to work six days a week just to keep it together,

so we decided to wait to start a family.

[Sigh]

I decided.

When we finally felt like we were ready,

the doctor told catiethat she couldn't.

When and, oh man, ltlikethat was tough.

Thafter that we justtkind of drifted.

Into our own little worlds.

We just stopped beingtcatie and Joey.

I could see things were starting to fall apart.

Then she started going out Monday nights...

That's the night we're closed.

I'd stay home and watch football,

she went to thet movies with the girls,

at least that's what she told me.

One Monday night, I followed her...

She walked in alone,

but that's not how she walked out.

We'd both seen it coming,

I just thought I'd get it over with.

So, I had the papers drawn up.

I waited a while,

I went back and forth.

You know, I almost mailed them but I couldn't.

I went back then who did mail them?

You know, I almost mailed them bi did, ouldn't.

Accidentally.

That's how I got this bum leg.

I got in a fight trying to stop a car-jacking.

A couple of guys beat me up, pretty good.

I almost died.

[Car alarm rings]

[Woman screams] Help! Someone help me!

You know, the amazing thing...

Is that catie walked into that hospital room

two years ago,

and she never left my side again.

We got our marriage back.

I never told her iknew what she did..

I forgave her and I moved on.

[Oliver clears throat]

You forgave her?

Joey, Oliver is very good at his job,

and if there's one thing that he's taught me,

it's that things happen, all the time.

That at first may seem all wrong,

but when we have faith that something greater

might be at work,

all those things just end up working together for good.

Might [clears throat]

I think in light of the circumstances,

perhaps we can make an allowance

and entrust the envelope to

you to do with it as you see fit.

Thank you, entrust thank you so much. Pe to

you to do with it that's odd. It.

Thi must have left it thank yo back at the dlo.

I'm sorry, I have been a bit distracted today... it.

Joey!

I'm sorry, I have been a bitdistractehey Michael! T.

Get the rest out of my car,

I'm sorry, I and put thembitdistractein the back.T.

Hey.- hey.

Mwah!

Hi, I'm Caitlyn.

Hi.

How's the food?

It's delicous.

How's the foodoliver!

Hey, guess what you guys forgot.

Caityn's letter...

No, Norman...- Uhh.

Oh, that's for me.

Catie, we should talk before you...

Oh, that's what is this?

It's two years old.

Doesn't matter. You should just throw it...

You were going to divorce me?

It was a mistake.

When did you mail these?

It was the night that I got hurt.E.

So I just spent the last two years

it was the nursing a man that I got who was planning

so I just spent the to divorce me?

I didn't tell you because it doesn't matter.

I forgive you.

For what?

What are you talking about?

You know whatl'm talking about.

No, Joey, I have absolutely

no clue what you are talking about.

Two years ago I saw you with another man

in a parking lot what you outside the club... G about.

You saw me in a parking lot with a man...

In a parkiwell, there goes outside the the marriage.T.

It was more than that and you know it.

You lied to me.

You told me you lost this in the fight.

You lied to me, everymonday for weeks.

You told me you lostthievery Monday...

Oh my gosh.

That man you saw in the parking lot

was the owner of the nightclub

we used to go to.

Do you remember those open mic nights

and how he was always saying he's looking for new talent?

Well, I went to go see him.

I'm finding out that when you marry an Italian chef,

you have got to know the lingo.

Spaghetti, rotini, rigatoni, crostini,

cannelloni, calamari, ravioli, fusili,

Linguini, eeny-meenyfettuccine.

Cannelloni, calamari, r[Crowd laughs]

Do they not eat any food that ends in a consonant?

What are they saving theconsonants for?

And he liked the way I could tell a story,

so he said he would coach me.

And I got to thinking, maybe if he could teach me

at how to be good at being funny,

I could surprise you,

take you back that nightclub

and watch your face when they'd introduce me

and I'd walk up on stage and knock 'em dead.

And then I'd get to see you laugh again.

It's the truth.

I should have told you what I was trying to do,

I just didn't want to fail at that...

[Crying]The way I failed

with the baby.

Oh, don't say that... Don't say that.

You didn't fail. I failed you. Baby.

I should have...

I should have told you how I felt,

and I didn't,

and I almost lost you.

Do you forgive me?

Of course. That's what we do.

♪

[Telephone clink]

[Inaudible voice]

Yes, Ms. Holly O'Toole'sroom, please.

One moment.

♪

[Clink]

Where would you like to sit?

Oh, I don't care.Anywhere.

Umm.

Oh, how about re. Right here?

Ooo, I would just love one of those.

Two, actually, please.

Ooo, I would just love one thanks.E.

Two, actually, pleasso...

So...

[Clink]

This feels very strange.

The letter I wrote to you was lost so long ago,

I can barely remember what I said.

Well, you said if I came back

you would try to see my dreams through my eyes.

That's right.

And you said if I'd left forever,

you'd accept that.

And you saidi was locked I'd left for in a bank vault

at the time I wrote that, actually...

So, what are you saying?

Do you time I wrote want me back? Tually...

Do I want you back?

Umm, Holly, I want an explanation.

I want to know why my wife ran away to Paris,

never even called. Never wrote.

Do you have any idea whateyou put me through?

You let sit here, two years,

terrified that maybe something happened to you.

But nothing happened.

Well, lots happened but nothing bad.

That would have been nice to know.

Olly...

Please don't call me that.

Why did you marry me?

What?

Why did you marry me?

You made me uncomfortable with my life

and I thought maybe that's good,

maybe my life needsuncoa little shaking up. Fe

and you certainly did that.

You know the first night we met,

I was perfectly honest with you.

I told you thati needed to be free,

we were lost in ablizzard.

You were delirious.

You were amazing in that storm.

You loved being my hero and I needed one.

And I learned so much from you, Oliver.

But the biggest thing I learned,

the biggest thing...

Is that if you want to be a grown up,

you got to be your own hero.

I'm sorry,

I don't understand how leaving your husband

at the ponyexpress exhibit at the

national postal museum can be considered heroic.

Oh, well, heroes can be cowards.

National postal museum can be considwhat? Heroic.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

See! That's it.

You leave us ve no idea what alone in a care talking about.

With only the two ofus to heat each other up

and we communicate just fine.

But talking, with actual words,

we were never very good at that,

which is why it's so amazing

that in the past two years,

I've really learned to express myself.

In two languages apparently.

Can you use one of them to tell to eme why you came back?

To see you. To find out what I want.

What about what I want?

What do you want?

[Deep inhale]

Peace.

That's beautiful.

No, that's essential.

I don't want to be the first one to say it.

No, that'what? Ential.

Are you talking about divorce?

No. Maybe. I don't know.

If we say it, we can't take it back.

No, we can't.

If we and marriage is so sacred, take it so precious.

Ending it shouldn't bean easy thing to do.

Holly, it's been a long day.

Yes.

I've had a lot ofn surprises, y.

I've eaten a lot of clams.

Let us not get divorced tonight.

Okay.

We'll talk it over, ditomorrow.Night.

Tomorrow.

I'm going to go upstairs.

I think I'm going to write a poem about this.

Good idea.

♪ Soft jazz ♪

♪ Song for you by Adam wood all band ♪

Going my way?

Ah, Ms. Mcinerney.

You're in early.

I couldn't sleep.

Neither could I.

Come on up here with me.

Com'on. Come on.

Come on up [clears throat]

So, do you know what you're going to do?

I'd like to do the right thing.

You always do.

No... no, I don't.

I waited more than a year

to write her a letter because I just...

There is so much I could have done and I didn't.

[Deep inhale]

And I don't know why.

Because it hurt.

And it froze you up.

You're like the snowmani saw in the parkurt.

On my way in this morning.

He's just stuck there,

left behind by someone who made him that way.

All he can do is wait for the thaw

left before he someone who can change. At way.

But... then he melts.

You haven't forgiveneonewher, have you? At way.

[Deep breath]

Yforgiveness is doing the right thing, Oliver..

That has to happen first

and then you'll just... Know what to do next.

You are, surprisingly good at this.

Well, I learned from the best.

Some singing postal detective philosopher guy

who believes in spring

and doing the right thing.

"Spring." "thing." Hmm.

♪

You know, they found a 5600year old popcorn kernels

that were still poppable, buried in an ancient

you know, they found a 5600yearperuvian funeral urn.

Oh.

Hey, you guys made it!

Oh.we did.

This is so exciting.

Kinda like returning to the scene of the crime.

This iyeah, I just so excitinthought,

what better place to celebrate, right?

Where's Oliver?

Oh, he had a last-minute dinner

and he sends his best.

Oh, that's too bad, he would have been perfect.

For what?

For Ken. The owner guy.

He's the emcee

and he likes to warmup the audience.

But he got a flat tire.

And comedians don't like to go on cold,

so it's going to be a little bit of a wait.

Oh, that's a shame.

Hey, what about Ramon!

He's really good at introducing people

and talking to crowds.

He's really good at introducing Ramon?

My friend, ramonrodriguez.

He's really good atoh, the introducing Ramon? Weatherman!

Mhmm.

Oh, the show must go on, right?

Rita, you're miss special delivery, you get up there.

What?

I can't! I don't know what to say.

You speak in public all the time.

But Oliver writes my speeches.

I can't just go up there and be funny.

It's too scary.

I can't just gremember what there and be furamon says?

"Once we face our fears,

they no longer have power over us."

Ramonsaid that?

Oddly, yes.

I just have this feeling it's really important

for the audience to get warmedup, and get things going.

I think Joey really needs this...

[Microphone rings]

[Nervously]Hi...

My name is Norman.

Norman...

Norman Xavier dorman.

I'm not a comedian or anything like that,

but while we're waiting for the show to start,

you have to get warm,

so I thought I would talk a little

while you do that.

[Audience laughs]

So, I know a lot of stuff about unusual stuff.

Like polyester, and barbed wire, and well, let's see.

Floridian beekeeping, well, southern Florida...

[Lights match]

So someone read them,

and gave them to a publisher, and voila...

You are a poet.

Yeah, of sorts.

I mean, let's face it, I'mnot a very good poet.

But I love it.

I mean, let's it takes me'mnot a very out of my head

and puts me back in my heart.

I mi wrote a poemakes me'mabout us last night. Y head

oh.

I mi wrote a poemakes me'mab[Clears throat]t.Y head

umm, before you read it,

I want to say how sorry I am.

That I took so long to come back,

I shouldn't have waited

but the longer I waited the further away

the route home seemed.

But I'm here now,

and I just hope that we can...

Bi don't know...,

and I just hope should I read it, now?

[Deep breath]

[Deep breath]

[Is this what you want? Deep breath]

Yeah.

[Crowd applauds and laughs]

And religious relics of the amish,

holy plows, sacred spindles.

And, I also know all the retiredzip codes of North America...

And I bet you'reswondering why..

[Crowd yells] Yeah, why?

Well, I work at the dead letter office

at the us postal service downtown

and we get to figure out where all the lost letters

at the us postal sand boxes go. Wn

oh, one time we got a giant bear,

and someone's old dead ashes...

Oh, thank you!

You've been a wonderful audience!

Stay warm!

You've been a[Audience applauds]

Norman dorman...

What a funny, funny guy. Okay.

Norman, that was...

You blew everyone away.

Nsome people talktabout the weather...

And some people make it.

[Emcee]So, we have a special

guest tonight.

Uh, a few years ago,

she came to me to learn the ropes

because she wanted to surprise her husband

she came to me to with her own act.

They've been through some rough times

but they're finally here.

So, please let's put our hands together

and welcome to the stage...

So, her husband, putojoey castelluci. R

[audience applaudes]

So, her husband, putoyou're kidding..R

[audience applauding]

[Microphone rings]

Hi, a few years ago my wife started coming here

because she wanted to surprise me.

Caitlyn, you are the most amazing woman

in the world.

You came here a long time ago

to learn how to make me laugh.

And I'm here tonight to make you a deal.

If you put this ring back on my finger,

I promise you,

if yi will never ring take it off again.

Caitlyn castelluci, will you marry me...

If yi one moreerringtake itime? Again.

[Audience applaudes]

[Audience chants]Yes.Yes.

Yes.

[Audience cheers and applauds]

A funny thing happened on the way to our divorce.

We fell back in love...

A f[Audience applauds]on the way awww... Ivorce.

♪ April in Paris by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong ♪

Dance with me?

Really?

Since when did you learn how to dance?

You asked meto, remember?

♪ April in Paris, this is... ♪

Gosh, you really did it.

I tried so hard but you wouldn't do it for me.

And I thought I could talk you into anything.

If I remember, I could talk you out of anything.

♪ I never knew the charm of spring, ♪

♪ never met it face to face. ♪

♪ I never knew my heart could sing... ♪

[Whispers]Don't kiss her. Don't kiss her.

♪ I never knew my ♪ never missed a warm embrace ♪

♪ till April in Paris. ♪

♪ Who can I run to?

♪ What have you done to my heart? ♪

♪ In the wee small hours of the morning by Stacey Kent ♪

♪ in the wee small hours, of the morning ♪

♪ when the whole, wide, world, is fast asleep ♪

♪ you lie awake, and think about the boy ♪♪

♪ and never even think of counting sheep ♪

♪ when the whole, wide, world has learned it's lesson ♪

♪ he'd be yours... ♪

Shane?

[Gasp!]

You scared me. Shane?

Why are you putting your stuff in a box?

I wrote you a letter.

I'm leaving.

I'm moving you away.Tter.

What?

I just realized that...

I don't really belong here anymore.

No. Of course you do.

I are you going back to he washing ton DC?

No, I'm quitting the postal service for good.

How could that be good?

I love you both so much.

This is not how iwanted to say goodbye.

Wait, I don't understand. What happened?

Nothing.

Nothing finally happened.

Don't let nothing happen to the two of you. Okay?

[Soft kiss]

What about the postables?

[Holding back tears]Oh, Norman.

We'll always have the postables.

[Rita weeps softly]

"Dear friends,

I can't tell you how much it has meant to me

to spend this last year with all of you...

It's funny what lessonsl've learned

about living by delivering a dead letter.

It'sabout saying theonsthings we mean...

"Aband finding the rightingwords to say them."

"But somehow I can't seem to find the right words

to explain why I'msaying goodbye.

"Bujust know that it'seemto fifor the best. Ords

always, Shane"

"bujuwhat is shet it'seemto talking about? Ords

Holly.

Holly? What does holly have to do with this.

Oh, Norman.

When two people who truly care

about each other don't tell each other that they

when ttruly care who trabout them,

then the person they care about

wcan think they don't who care about them

and then they find someone else

who cares about them

aand then they it's too late. Lse

I know this doesn't make any sense...

Oh, no, it does.

It does?

You always make sense to me, Rita.

I do?

Yoare you in love sense with Ramon? A.

Ramon? No!

No, no, I'm...

I'm...

I'm in love with you.

I am in love with you, Norman Xavier dorman...

♪

[Burst out laughing]

Are you hungry?

[Rita laughs]

Are you hungry? Yeah.

I'm starving.

[Rita laughs boisterously]

♪ When your lonely heart hasl'm slearned its lesson. ♪

♪ You'd be his, if only he would call. ♪

♪ When what on earth? Art hasl'm so liver, what is...? ♪

An early birthday present.

If you put your weapon down,

I'll let you swing on it.

This is mine!

Being dispatched by myfavourite letter opener.

Now that is poetic justice.

Can we please not discuss poetry right now?

How long have you been here?

Hour and a half. It would have been less,

how long have but I had to you been her stop to explain

to a couple police officers

why I was installing a porch swing at two am.

Why were you?

Why ithe reason whyg aporcthat box contains.

The entire contentsof your workstation?

I've quit.

You've quit?

I have ended my employmentt.

With the united states postal service forever

and unalterably and... forever.

Hmm.

And unwhat? Ably I've really quit.

No, you haven't.

I have too.

Ms. Mcinerney, you have a habit of self-terminating

whenever confrontedi have too. With a situation

you cannot control.

Well, I'm really going to do it this time.

But why?

Well, we've been together, working together,

for almost a year and it's becoming obvious that

there's just no future forwme with... The job.

Of course there is.

It just takes some time to get to know each other,

each other's strengths and abilities

and to see if we have the right chemistry...

To work together.

Well, I think I'veseen enough

to know where this is going

and I think maybetheres someone better

for the job.

If you recall, ms. Mcinerney,

the position didn't even exist until you came along.

I don't think ieven realized

what a huge hole I had in my...

Idepartment until even you camed

and filled it.

Idepartment until even you came dwell, now you know

and I'm sure you won't waste any time replacing me.

Idthat would ntilbe impossible. Ell, now you know

and I'm surwell, I've madeteany time rup my mind.

I wish you nothing but happiness, Oliver.

Both of you.

Both of... Ms. Mcinerney,

my wife has returned to Paris.

What?

We wished each other well,

kissed each other good-bye.

You kissed her good-bye?

Yes.

And that didn't...

No, that did not.

So, how do you feel?

You know, for two years

I've imagined what it might be like

if it became absolutely clear that my

I've imagined what marriage was over.

Once all the questions were answered

and I knew ID what would nevers over.

Be Holly's husband again,

how wouldi feel?

What wouldi do?

What did you do?

[Softly speaking]I went out

and I bought a porch swing.

[Chuckle]

Is it like the one you had

when you were a little girl?

It's better.

There's no view of thepotomac, of course,

but if you look right there...

Th[Shane] view of thea crocus. Of course,

it was a long winter

but spring is almost here.

It was a it's coming. Long winter

bit's coming. Is almost here.

♪

♪